I am considering a liveaboard for myself in Texas later next fall. I have received two sets of information about a 37 footer and a 33 footer, but I have no idea how to compare them. this boat is similar to one I owned before, but I never had the chance to really get it into storms, nor sail it in saltwater.

Here's what I will be doing - I am singlehanding or shorthanding, living aboard, but also with frequent blue water passages to Cozumel or Grand Cayman from Texas. When I live aboard, I go places. I don't buy slips and sit for more than a week unless I'm looking like I will head towards a storm.

Could one of our local experts check this out and tell me if this is a suitable data sheet for a bluewater boat? If you could break it down "sesame street" style for me, that'd be wonderful too! the cabin is exactly what I need for a cruiser, water and fuel is ample, and it even has a shower, which is one thing I don't have now.

The keel can move up or down to suit shoals or reefs.

How do I figure righting ability of this boat? The one I am on now has a data sheet that says that over a factor of "2" is not desireable for ocean crossings, and it scored a 1.65. Is there a way to take this data and compare it with some sort of software to get another figure like this to see if having a fixed keel and no shower might be a better idea?